Atefeh (Atty) Mashatan, PhD, CISSP, is a cybersecurity researcher, academic, and technology leader specializing in information security, cryptography, and cybersecurity innovation. She is a Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor of Information Technology Management at Toronto Metropolitan University's Ted Rogers School of Management, where she also founded and directs the Cybersecurity Research Lab. The lab conducts research in information security, develops the next generation of cybersecurity professionals, and works with Canada's information and communications technology industry. Her research and expertise have earned recognition including Top 25 Women of Influence and two selections among Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women in the Executive Leaders and STEM categories.

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Before joining Toronto Metropolitan University, Atty served as a Senior Information Security Consultant and Solutions Architect at CIBC, specializing in cryptography, key management, security architecture, and hardware security modules. She previously spent more than three years as a Scientific Collaborator at EPFL in Switzerland, where she authored peer-reviewed research, coordinated research projects with industry partners including Nokia Research Centre, and contributed to international cryptography and security conferences. She began her research career at the University of Waterloo, where she received an NSERC Doctoral Scholarship and Ontario Graduate Scholarship and published research in international conferences and journals.